Peter Longofono

Southpaw

Try the train of unmechanical drayssingle folk spring upon oneanother.

Oh damn it, that’s the point.

Better stop.

So that’s what’s fluent.

A snag,

A catch.

— — — — —

Now laugh!

They seriously,

they expect us to spring

for a twenty-four-

dollar cookie!

Peter Longofono received his MFA from NYU, where he edited international content for Washington Square Review and served as a Goldwater Fellow. His poems and criticism have appeared or are forthcoming in H_NGM_N, The Bakery, Luna Luna Magazine, and Coldfront. He lives in Brooklyn.